Ontario MPPs have passed new legislation named for an Ottawa-area high school rugby player who died in 2013 after suffering multiple concussions.
鈥淩owan鈥檚 Law鈥� will establish a committee to work on the 49 recommendations made after the coroner鈥檚 inquest into 17-year-old Rowan Stringer鈥檚 death.
education for student athletes, parents and teachers, as well as guidelines to ensure a child is removed from play and properly treated if a concussion is suspected.
Rowan鈥檚 father, Gordon Stringer, told 麻豆传媒 Channel on Tuesday that the coroner鈥檚 inquest had determined his daughter鈥檚 death was preventable.
鈥淗earing that is pretty hard as a parent, but it鈥檚 motivated us to move ahead with trying to make these 49 well thought-out recommendations come to fruition,鈥� he said.
鈥淲e certainly would not want to have another child experience the tragic result that Rowan had.鈥�
Stringer said concussions are a great concern for many parents, but everyone agrees that an active, healthy lifestyle is important for youth.
鈥淲e just have to make sure that they play smart and play safe,鈥� he said.
The law passed with all-party support.
